On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Paul McNett <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3/17/11 2:31 PM, John Harvey wrote: >> CSV is going to have a smaller footprint than xml, so if you are sending a >> flatfile, it makes more sense. I like to zip the csv files, because it cuts >> their file size by about 80%. > > I think in most cases, xml would have a similar or smaller file footprint, > especially > compressed. Even if XML came out larger, it probably wouldn't be an > exceedingly huge > difference in the common case of lots of redundant data. Compare: > > csv_str = """ > comp_name, comp_address, comp_city, comp_state, comp_country, inv_num, inv_amt > "ABC Company", "123 Riverside Road", "Anytown", "AnyState", "US", "11928", > 99.56 > "ABC Company", "123 Riverside Road", "Anytown", "AnyState", "US", "12766", > 199.56 > "ABC Company", "123 Riverside Road", "Anytown", "AnyState", "US", "12773", > 299.56 > "ABC Company", "123 Riverside Road", "Anytown", "AnyState", "US", "15070", > 245.22 > "ABC Company", "123 Riverside Road", "Anytown", "AnyState", "US", "16090", > 33.34 > "ABC Company", "123 Riverside Road", "Anytown", "AnyState", "US", "16115", > 1029.20 > "ABC Company", "123 Riverside Road", "Anytown", "AnyState", "US", "17002", > 15.54 > """ > > xml_str = """ > <company_invoices> > <name>ABC Company</name> > <address>123 Riverside Road</address> > <city>Anytown</city> > <state>AnyState</state> > <country>US</country> > <invoices> > <invoice> > <inv_num>11928</inv_num> > <inv_amt>99.56</inv_num> > </invoice> > <invoice> > <inv_num>12766</inv_num> > <inv_amt>199.56</inv_num> > </invoice> > <invoice> > <inv_num>12773</inv_num> > <inv_amt>299.56</inv_num> > </invoice> > <invoice> > <inv_num>15070</inv_num> > <inv_amt>245.22</inv_num> > </invoice> > <invoice> > <inv_num>16090</inv_num> > <inv_amt>33.34</inv_num> > </invoice> > <invoice> > <inv_num>16115</inv_num> > <inv_amt>1029.20</inv_num> > </invoice> > <invoice> > <inv_num>17002</inv_num> > <inv_amt>15.54</inv_num> > </invoice> > </invoices> > </company_invoices> > """ > > len(xml_str) : 848 > len(csv_str) : 651 > len(xml_zipped) : 233 > len(csv_zipped) : 177 -----------------
Doing this in json instead of straight XML would have been a lot more compact. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer CIMSgts 901.246-0159 cell _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
